Communication is a very important tool in our daily life. I would like to describe Communication is the imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions, or information by speech, writing, or signs. It is the process by which the source transmits any messages, ideas, information to the receiver through a medium.
Barriers of communication are the hindrances or difficulties involved in the communication which distort the message from being properly understood by the receiver. There are four types of Communication Barriers which is; Semantic Barriers, Organisation Barriers, Psychological Barriers, Other Barriers.
I personally experience a lot of difficulty in my communication at times. I always keep this in mind that to effectively communicate, we must realise that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and I used this as a guide to my communication with others. Other than that, the way of communicating will change depending on the group of people or individual to whom I engaged to in communication; with colleagues, with family, with friends, with the love one and with the people around me. The level of sensitivity change too ^^.
I would like to discuss on the Communication Barriers as I mention earlier.
Semantic Barriers
Semantic barriers happen when the person has lack of common language. This gives difficulty in trying to explain the exact message to the other person. Other than that is because of poor vocabulary and the used of jargons in the communication. Poor grammar and punctuation and lack of clarity in the message. I hate it ^^ (well.. not that hate that so bad), I just don’t really like it when I talk to someone and he/she come up with the used of jargons and assuming that I understand what he/she is talking about. I often pass it when I come across the situation and come with my own research afterward 
Organizational Barriers
This is referring more to the situation at the work place. Its include the complexity in the organizational structure, status and positions, policies, rules & regulations, wrong choice of medium, communication overload or fears of superiors. This barrier does give a very strong impact to once life at works. Sometimes it sucks badly when it comes to certain issues. I am glad that I am surrounded by the wonderful people around me at my work place. I may say that I am sitting at my comfort zone ^^. Dang!!
Psychological Barriers
Psychological Barriers includes of once attitude and values, the difference in perceptions, past experiences, source incredibility, abstraction and resistance to change. It happens every day and I am experiencing this everywhere. I always try to put myself on someone else shoes when I come across this barriers. I tried to be open minded and being receptive to change. It won’t be easy as said, especially when we have to faced a person with their kind of attitudes. They will become the difficulty here and sometimes can make us miserable. On a extra note “Only If You Let Them”. The only way is, I always change the way I react to them because I sure hell, I can’t change anyone attitude. Well there will be times where I fail not to show my own attitude as well
Other Barriers
The other barriers will include the Culture Difference, Distance and Time, Technical Problem, Fear, Poor Communication Skills and Insufficient Adjustment Periods. This barrier is one common barrier everyone experience in life. Culture?? Distance?? Ahh, why is this two attracting my attention the most? Because it does directly involved me personally in life. Culture is unique! And everyone have their own culture and they value it a lot. Once just need to learn and understand how other people Culture is and it will be way easier when it comes to communication.
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As a conclusion of this, I would like to include a simple story of a husband and wife which is related to communication. You might have heard of it somewhere. J
There’s one day when this married couple were having an argument on something. They were quarrelling really bad that they refuse to talk to each other. It was over the weekend and they were both home but not at all having any conversation after the argument. Until the night they went off to bed, the husband remembered that he will have an important meeting the next morning at work. He is used to it that his wife will usually wake him up in the morning especially when there’s any important things to do at work and he need to get up early. The problem now is that, they were having an argument and they weren’t talking to each other all over the weekend. He refused to talk to his wife and tell her about it so she decided to write up a notes and paste it on the side table nearby his wife saying;
Husband notes to wife..
He went off to bed and sleep. The next morning he woke up, it was 8:30am and his wife is gone to work. He disappointedly gets up and looks at the note he wrote last night. He saw there’s another note beside it saying;
Wife replies to husband..
He quietly sat and think… he should have communicate with his wife and this will never happen.
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Communications is really important in any situation in life. When there’s problem, we communicate. When there’s and issue or doubt, we communicate. When we need more information, we communicate.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh mention in her quote saying;
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after”
I love that saying.
